Chapter 323: , Exercises (continued)

Using this method, the attacking French army quickly broke through the minefield. At this time, the French artillery began to use grenade shells to simulate suppressive shooting at the first trench of the defending side because the French soldiers were already close to the barbed wire. Of course, at this time, the defensive side also began to keep the guns empty, of course, and then the French soldiers were forced to withdraw from the exercise randomly by the director department according to the proportion.
These French soldiers who had withdrawn from the exercise took off their shirts, revealing their white shirts, and then swaggered away from the "battlefield" to find a grassland not far away to sit down, put their guns aside, and then lifted from the waist. Inside the cowhide bag in between was used to hold bandages, triangle bandages, etc., and took out sausages and small bottles of brandy, and then ate them while laughing proudly at the comrades who had not yet "dead".
However, the comrades who have not been lucky enough to "dead" can ignore these happy "dead", they quickly approached the first barbed wire. Several soldiers stuffed an iron rod-like object in their hands under the barbed wire, then slammed the fuse, then turned around and ran away. The bullets on the exercise field were virtual, and most of the shells were virtual. Yes, but the barbed wire and the smoking blasting tube tucked under the barbed wire are true!
With a series of explosions, dozens of gaps were blown into the barbed wire. At the same time, from the trenches over there, a series of training grenades were projected, and then another group of French soldiers joined the team eating sausages and watching the show.
The French also fought back with grenades and quickly rushed into the trenches. Then a large number of Rhine Alliance soldiers happily walked to the French soldiers who died in battle and sat down, exchanged food, wine, and various tobacco products with each other, and then watched the show together.
"No, why is the exchange of battles in the trenches so beneficial to the French?" The Austrian standing next to Bagration was dissatisfied. "Even if the French army is braver, the exchange ratio should not That's it."
Bagration's heart is actually full of doubts, but he thinks that the French should not make such a problem in the military exercises that are open to everyone and smell like demonstrations. So he did not immediately express his opinion, but continued to watch with the telescope.
Soon, Bagration discovered what made the French army unique.
"Alyosha, please remember it for me." Bagration continued to raise his binoculars, staring at the "battlefield" in front, and said to his adjutant.
"Okay, General." His adjutant took out his notebook, and a pencil, both of which were also French.
"Five members of the French army that broke into the trenches formed a combat team. Two of them were armed with bayonet rifles, and the other three were armed with a shorter gun, which might be a weapon specially prepared for combat in the trenches." Bagrati Ang said.
Bagration’s guess was very correct. The French soldiers were holding pump-action shotguns specially prepared for close combat in the trenches. Compared with the average Mini rifle, its range is a big pit, but in the trenches, this is not a problem at all. And it can be loaded with eight bullets at a time, and every time the front handguard is pulled, it can complete a shell ejection and reloading action, which makes it have a rate of fire almost no less than that of a revolver. The characteristics of firing shotguns make their hit rate far surpasses that of revolvers when shooting. In the trenches, this thing is simply an artifact.
During the battle in the trenches, most of the soldiers who used rifles had fired their last bullets before again, so in the battle at this time, they could only rely on bayonet or multifunctional engineer shovel produced in France for hand-to-hand combat. At this time, two soldiers with bayonet rifles stopped the enemy a little bit in front, and the shotguns from the back shot them over, then the Fritz on the opposite side took off their shirts and jumped out of the trenches very happily. I went to eat, brag, and watch a show on the grass next to me.
Almost in the blink of an eye, the spectators who came out for a picnic had not had time to finish a bottle of beer. The first trenches changed their owners, and the tricolor flags were already flying here.
"Long live France!" The onlookers shouted.
"Cheers for France!"
"Whoever doesn't drink is a maiden!"
"What's the matter with the girl? Let's compare if we have the ability? A cup to a cup, dare you?" Occasionally, a girl from Montmartre Heights called out.
"Margaret, there is always a bet in the game, right? What is the bet?"
"Otherwise, if Margaret loses, Margaret will listen to Denis everything tonight; if Denis loses, who will Margaret let Denis sleep with tonight? Who do you sleep with, what do you think?"
In this laughter, the French artillery began to extend its firepower, and the French were ready to attack the two lines of defense behind.
The fighting process in the back is almost the same as in the front, but the young roosters watching are still very happy. As for more things, the crowing young couldn't understand it. However, observers from various countries all saw it in a cold sweat. The French army had a very short pause between the organization of the first round of offensive and the second round of offensive. In such a short period of time, they were able to consolidate their current positions, re-adjust the position of their artillery, and do Well prepared to launch a new round of attacks, and the organizational skills shown in this made these truly knowledgeable people have been shocked.
"Leave aside, in battle, can our army keep up with the pace of action of the French? This is still in the defensive warfare situation. If in field battle, how many divisions do we need to compete with the French army? Contend against the teacher?"
In the evening, the French army successfully broke through the three lines of defense of opponents of equal strength, and the exercise on this day was basically over. At least the part that can make the young look happy is basically over.
The rest is to invite those observers to visit the French army. But it's getting late at this time, so this matter will be left until tomorrow.
The setting sun is over the mountains and the figures are scattered. After playing for a day, the very happy little roosters all got on the carriage and returned to Paris, exchanging opinions on what they saw today. Of course, what they said is basically: "We are very good in France, hahaha..." Or: "The war is really fun, hahaha..."
On the second day, while visiting the French army barracks, the observers’ doubts were gradually resolved. First of all, why the French artillery fired so fast, it was because they used rear-mounted guns, and the speed of reloading was faster than the front-mounted guns. And they have a specially designed sighting system, even in the case of indirect aiming, can allow the artillery to obtain quite good hit accuracy.
In addition, Bagration also noticed that the wheels used by French cannons are different from ordinary wheels. These wheels are not made of wood, but made of a black material with a special elasticity.
"There may be a secret that the French army can move artillery quickly." Bagration thought. But I heard someone in Beijing and Shanghai: "This gun, this gun can do this!"
Bagration hurriedly looked over and saw an Austrian officer holding a much shorter half rifle that he had noticed yesterday, exclaiming.
Bagration hurried over and asked, "What kind of gun is this?"
"1801 shotgun." A French captain saluted him and replied, "This gun can carry eight bullets at a time..."
While talking, the captain took the shotgun from the Austrian and began to show them how to use these guns.
"You see, the tube under the barrel is actually a magazine. It can hold seven bullets in total. In addition, the barrel can also be loaded with one bullet, up to eight bullets at a time."
While talking, the captain filled the gun with bullets. Bagration noticed that these bullets were paper tubes with a small metal piece on the bottom. It didn't take much time for the captain to stuff them into the magazine one by one.
Then he pulled the handguard, and with a "click", the bullet was loaded. Then he erected the muzzle, pointed it at the sky, and said to several foreign generals who were onlookers: "Look, this is a good bullet, and then you can shoot at the target. For each shot, you pull Click here and you can take the next shot. Um, does anyone want to try it?"
"I! I want to try!" Bagration immediately shouted ~EbookFREE.me~ at the same time stepping forward, using his broad torso to block the other audience behind.
The captain handed the gun to Bagration: "General, the bullet is loaded."
Bagration took the gun, looked at the human-shaped target about forty meters away, nodded, raised the gun and aimed it slightly, then fired a shot, and the target was knocked down immediately. Bagration pulled the handguard again, fired again, and hit another target.
"How far can this shot go?" Bagration asked.
"Sixty or seventy meters is still usable," the captain replied. "A little further away, it won't work."
"Well," Bagration nodded. He had actually noticed that this French army was equipped with ordinary rifles, and it was for this reason.
"Does your cavalry now use this as their main combat weapon?" Bagration asked again suddenly.
The French captain was dumbfounded, and then stammered: "General, about this question, um, this question, I can't answer you..."